World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It was set up by UNESCO (联合国教科文组织) in 1955 to e1.people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of the reading.
Many countries celebrate World Book Day. On that day in the UK, millions of students can buy books of special price, much l2.than usual in any bookstore. It has been done every year since 1998. World Book Day is also celebrated in China. Premier Wen Jiabao does lots of reading t3.he’s very busy. On World Book Day 2009, he called on people to do more reading. He suggested that young people should spend more time reading. “Books can’t change the world, but people can change the world by changing t4.through reading,” he said.
Reading can benefit (有益于) people in many ways. Reading helps us become more knowledgable and more intelligent. Reading helps us to follow the latest developments of science and t5.. Reading p6.us with information about other culture and places of the world. When we read, we may find many things that are u7. to us. We would have to use our brain to think about them or do more reading to find out the answers. The more we read, the more we know. The more we know, the smarter we become. Reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language l8.English. We all know that we can’t learn everything at school, for example, the ways English people are speaking and
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“Reading makes a full man.” Books, magazines, newspapers and other kinds of reading materials can help us to know more about the outside world and perfect us. Therefore, it is necessary for us to form the
h10.of reading every day.
1.The lazy boy spread his things all over the floor．（改为一般疑问句）
_______ the lazy boy _______ his things all over the floor？
2.Eddie goes to the library twice a week.(对划线部分提问)
_______ ________ times a week does Eddie go to the library?
3.If you are not careful enough，you’ll probably make a mistake（保持句意基本不变）
______ be careless，______ you’ll probably make a mistake．
4.Jerry’s mother bought him two books yesterday.(改为被动语态）
Two books were ________ ______Jerry yesterday．
5.Mr.Jiang advised us which we should choose as our after-school activities．（改为简单句）
Mr.Jiang advised us which _______ _______ as our after-school activities．
1.If I _______ another chance tomorrow, I will do it better.
2.It _________ all day yesterday, so the ground is all wet now.
3.The more careful you are , the fewer mistakes you _______.
4.—Haven’t seen you for ages！Where have you been?
— I __________ in Ningxia for one year , teaching as a volunteer.
5.─Why are you in such a hurry？
─My father’s car _______ down on the way．I have to go to help him．
1.Two_______ of the land in that district is covered with trees and flowers．
2.On my desk is a photo that my father took of__________when I was a baby．
3.He behaves so__________ in public that no one likes him．
4.They run to __________, away from the fire.
5.To make a green world，we should try to reduce air _______ by walking more and driving less．
1.Your can never imagine how much difficulty they had __________(控制) the ship in the storm．
2.We are_________(期待) to speak to the old politely.
3.The match is nice and it is __________(expensive) than others in the shop.
4.Pay no attention to those who laugh at you. What ______ (be important) most is how you see yourself.
5.The washing machine was running __________ after it was repaired.
It was the worst day of my professional life. My publisher shut down, and we had no idea if another publisher would take over my novel. In addition, my second novel hadn’t sold as well as the first one. It seemed that I was watching my career going downwards. It was so terrifying.
However, as I shared my fears with my mother, she said something I would never forget: “I would love you if you were a garbage man.” She wasn’t looking down upon garbage men. She was just saying that whatever my job was, she loved me. It was just her honest feeling at that moment, but those simple words are still the ones I use to fight so many of my fears today.
To this day, when I sit down to write every day, I say those words to myself, “I’d love you if you were a garbage man.” I can still feel the selflessness of my mother’s love.
A few years ago, my mother passed away because of breast cancer. It was she who set me on the path of writing a series of children’s books to give strength to my own children. The first two are I’m Amelia Earhart and I’m Abraham Lincoln. In six months, we’ll publish I’m Rosa Parks. For me, this isn’t just a book series. It’s my dream for my own daughter, for my sons, and for all of us who need to see the power and potential (潜力) in each of us.
This series was born also because I was tired of my daughter thinking that reality TV stars were heroes. I tell my kids all the time: That’s fame (名气). Fame is different from being a hero. I wanted my kids to see real heroes who are no different than themselves. For this reason, each book tells the story of the hero when he/she was a kid. We see them as children. So it’s not just Amelia Earhart and Abraham Lincoln being famous; it’s them being just like us.
Look around. We live in a world that desires heroes. Our solution is what my mother taught me with her words: the power of an ordinary person. I can proudly repeat my mother’s words to my kids. They’ll understand how I love them.
1.The author felt terrified because .
A. he was experiencing a difficult time in his career
B. his mother passed away because of breast cancer
C. he had no idea how to sell his second novel
D. he was given a job as a garbage man
2.What was the author’s understanding of his mum’s words?
A. Mum wanted him to be a garbage man.
B. Mum loved him no matter what he did.
C. Mum was looking down on garbage men.
D. Mum didn’t want him to continue writing novels.
3.What does “themselves” in the fifth paragraph refer to?
A. Real heroes. B. Children’s books. C. The author’s kids. D. Reality TV stars.
4.The author is trying to teach his children to .
A. respect real heroes B. behave themselves
C. be ordinary people D. realize their own potential
